SunDROPS · Self-DRiving hydrOPonic System - Develop automated hydroponic systems that use high frequency pulsing-light and intermittent/alternate nutrient supply to optimize resources and plant adaptation.
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2018-01-01 → 2019-12-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 168 277 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Накратко на български
Автоматизирани хидропонни системи анализират електрическите сигнали на растенията, за да регулират точното количество светлина, вода и хранителни вещества. Това помага за оптимизирането на ресурсите и по-добрата адаптация на растенията към околната среда.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Self-DRiving hydrOPonic System - Develop automated hydroponic systems that use high frequency pulsing-light and intermittent/alternate nutrient supply to optimize resources and plant adaptation.
The SunDROPs project focuses on the development of an automated hydroponic cultivation system driven by the plant “itself” able to optimize the request of light, water and nutrients. The aim is to develop an automated system able to detect the needs of the plants by the interpretation of the electrical signals generated by the plants under specific stresses. In particular, the overall project focuses on the development of automated hydroponic cultivation systems able to automatically manage the optimal request of light, water and nutrients. This project was focused on three linked research lines aimed at developing a particular cultivation system which could be resumed in three main objectives that involved the study and improvement of: 1. LED lights capable of pulsing at high or low frequency and able to modulate the individual spectra in a specific way. For this purpose specific light equipment were used to evaluate the effect of different light spectra regimes on plant development. 2. A particular type of Flood & Flow (F&F) hydroponic system which allowed to supply nutrients with particular intermittent /alternating regimes (flood/drainage cycles) to optimize the resources and acclimation of the plants. 3. An apparatus for the analysis and interpretation of the electrical signals of plants capable of determining the actual needs or state of stress of the plants automatically (mainly water stress). An innovative multi-electrode system has been used for this purpose capable of obtaining information directly from the plant as opposed to the majority of sensors used today which instead concentrate on the external environment.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Today, reducing energy consumption and utilization of natural resources whilst maintaining high productivity is a necessary step to accomplish both sustainable agricultural and the supply of an increasingly worldwide food demand. For these reasons, improving precision and automation in horticulture farming are the main future challenges. In this context, the project focuses on the development of an automated hydroponic cultivation system driven by the plant “itself” able to optimize the request of light, water and nutrients. The aim is to develop an automated system able to detect the needs of the plants by the interpretation of the electrical signals generated by the plants under specific stresses. For these purpose the project main objectives are to:• Develop a self-driven dynamic and manageable hydroponic system able to modify the flow and the nutrients compositions supply by monitoring the plant status.• Study and optimise light quality and quantity demand by using pulse width modulated-high brightness-light emitting diodes lights (PWM-HB-LEDs) capable of pulsing at high frequency, to investigate the different light spectra required and the optimum values of frequency/duty in the cycle of the flashes. By performing these tasks the project is expected to: i) develop an auto-piloted hydroponic set-up able to interpret and process the plant electrical signals for a crop growing system based on plant’s need, thus able to avoid water and nutrients waste; ii) give new insights on mechanisms influenced by intermittent/alternate nutrient supply using a Flood-Drain-Flow (FDF) hydroponic system to improve adaptation, increase salt stress resistance or modulate plant features; iii) determine the optimal pulsing RGB-light regime supply (in terms of frequency and duty) to reduce energy consumption whilst optimizing plant growth and modulating specific plant traits; iv) build a flexible and modular hydroponic set-up to be scaled-up for automated plant factories.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE · FlorenceКоординаторИталия
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз